Stafford, Mai; Duke-Williams, Oliver; Shelton, Nicola - In: Social Science & Medicine 67 (2008) 6, pp. 891-899
Spatially aggregated data are frequently used for official statistics and by researchers investigating the contextual determinants of health. Results of reporting and analysis vary according to the choice of areal unit. This is the well-known Modifiable Areal Unit Problem or MAUP. Its...